The School of Information Studies is听very pleased to announce that our PhD Student, Feng Fei, along with her supervisor Prof. Benjamin Fung (PI) and Prof. Catherine Guastavino (Co-PI) have been awarded $10,000 CDN funding from the McGill Collaborative for AI and Society (McCAIS) for their project, 鈥淐ity-scale Urban Sound Synthesis Using Multimodal Generative AI鈥�. As part of the听Computational & Data Systems Initiative, the award encourages interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding and positively influencing the impact of AI on Society.
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Published on: 3 Jun 2025
The School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that PhD candidate Owen Stewart-Robertson has been selected for a Wolfe Chair Graduate Fellowship for the 2025-2026 year. Congratulations Owen!听
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Published on: 3 Jun 2025
The School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that two incoming MISt students Nina Zepcan, and Wala Al-Sadi have been awarded for the McCall McBain Scholarships. Congratulations Nina and Wala!
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Published on: 3 Jun 2025
The School of Information Studies is happy to announce the incoming MISt student Liam Dearin as part of the听Indigenous Student Librarian program. This programs offers a tuition waiver to an Indigenous student as well as part time employment as a student librarian or archivist at Concordia Library. The program is a partnership between McGill, Concordia and Univesit茅 de Montreal.
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Published on: 3 Jun 2025
Congratulations to David Medcalfe, the Master of Information Studies project-stream student, has been selected as one of 14 national recipients of the 2025 Retail Council of Canada鈥檚 Retail Education Scholarship. The award recognizes academic achievement, leadership, and professional experience in the retail sector. David will represent McGill at STORE 2025 in Toronto, Canada鈥檚 largest retail and leadership conference, where he will join executives and industry leaders to discuss the future of retail innovation.
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Published on: 3 Jun 2025
Our School is currently recruiting new Sites, Site Supervisors, and Projects for our Winter Semester Practicum.
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The SIS Practicum is a 3-credit, tuition-based academic elective course for 2nd-year Master of Information Studies students. It consists of a supervised work placement at an approved site, typically unpaid, with required course assignments (e.g., work logs, mid-term report, final paper). The fieldwork component is a total of 100 hours.
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Published on: 6 Sep 2024
The 2024-2025 tentative schedule for the School of Information Studies has been added to Minerva and the university eCalendar.听
Please note that changes to the 2024-2025 schedule may occur, and students should regularly check their registration throughout the summer before the Fall term starts.
Registration for the 2024-2025 academic year will open for returning students on May 29th, 2024. You can find more details here:听/students/courses/add/when
Published on: 16 May 2024
The School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that PhD candidate Owen Stewart-Robertson has been awarded a prestigious SSHRC doctoral award for the 2024-2025 year. Congratulations Owen!
Published on: 3 May 2024
Congratulations to Muhe Yang, PhD in Information Studies student at the School of Information Studies (黄片荔枝视频), has received a Fonds de Recherche du Quebec; Nature et Technologies scholarship, for their research (French/English): Soutenir l'activit茅 physique 脿 un 芒ge avanc茅 : Co-conception de technologies de promotion de l'activit茅 / Supporting Physical Activity in Later Life: Co-Design of Activity Promoting Technologies.
The FRQNT scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.
Muhe Yang was also awarded a Wolfe Chair fellowship in April.听
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Published on: 2 May 2024
McGill's Library program (MISt) has risen from 8th in the world in 2023 to 6th in the world in 2024. McGill now rates in the global top 50 across all five faculty areas.听
"Library Information & Management also climbed up the table, moving from eighth in 2023, to sixth this year. Anatomy & Physiology holds steady in the seventh spot."
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Published on: 26 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Mohd Saqib, PhD candidate at the School of Information Studies, on receiving the prestigious Fonds de Recherche du Quebec; Nature et Technologies scholarship. The FRQNT scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.听
A brief summary of his research:
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Published on: 11 May 2023
Congratulations to Masters in Information Studies - Project student Connor Sin-Chan as a recipient of the SSHRC Canada Graduate Student - Masters scholarship!
Connor's research:
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Published on: 3 May 2023
SIS's听Library & Information Management is holding steady at eighth spot for the second straight year.
Find out more in the McGill Reporter Article听听by Neale McDevitt, Editor, McGill Reporter.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2023
The School of Information Studies (SIS), an academic unit in the Faculty of Arts at 黄片荔枝视频, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the Assistant Professor rank. The anticipated start date is January 1, 2023. Qualified candidates should have a doctoral degree in information studies or equivalent. In addition, the ideal candidate will have a record of research publications in high quality, peer-reviewed journals, evidence of effective teaching, and clear promise of pursuing an interesting and innovative research agenda.
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Published on: 2 May 2022
McGill Employees from the Past: Community Builders for McGill and Beyond
This exhibit was created by Adjunct Professor Gordon Burr with the aid of three talented Archival Outreach practicum students in the School of Information Studies, Gabrielle Machnick-Kekesi, Kiana Lemay and Julia Fekete. Their hard work, enthusiasm shown to help engage the public with archives and desire to provide narratives of these employees to fill the gaps or address the silences in historical acknowledgement of this McGill community was remarkable.
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Published on: 13 Apr 2022
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